Leesa Alexander :: ASCCA MVP
Posted by Cathy Cochran on 16 Aug 2007 at 9:45 am | Tagged as: Camp ASCCA Family, Counselors, Education, News, Podcast, Summer, Video | Printer/Text Reader Friendly Version: Print This Post
Anyone who works at Camp ASCCA will tell you that everything that happens here is a team effort. Campers, counselors, and even the administration rely on each other to successfully make it through one activity period, a week-long session, or the entire summer, and if everybody could vote for the team’s MVP, counselor Leesa Alexander would certainly be in the running!
…the most valuable asset, the counselors have always been known as the foundation of ASCCA…
Leesa is from Childersburg, Ala. and studies Speech Pathology at the University of Alabama. Some of her classes really came in handy when one of her campers communicated only through sign language! I happened to sit at her lunch table that week, and she and her camper, Heather, patiently helped me learn to sign so that I could join their conversation.
Another counselor, Holly Stewart, knows Leesa through school and told her about Camp ASCCA. Holly must have sensed that Leesa would be a great counselor, because both girls have received the award for Counselor of the Week over the summer. Leesa says she has tried her hardest for the campers’ sake all summer, and getting the award confirmed that her efforts were working!
The biggest lesson Leesa says the summer has taught her is humility. She has had to put others first all summer, but seeing the campers try and love new things is rewarding. Her favorite activities are the zipline, because of the sense of accomplishment and adventure it gives the campers, and the pool, because some of our campers rarely experience the freedom of movement and indepence that floating in the water provides.
Leesa’s camper, Cierra, joined her for an interview last week, and you can watch both of them by clicking the video below! Hear from Cierra’s point of view why Leesa is such a great girl, and let Leesa tell you a little more about her Camp ASCCA experience!
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